TOKYO (Interstat) — Kyo Suzuki homered and doubled, driving in four runs to lead the Yakult Swallows to a 5-1 victory over the Yomiuri Giants on Monday evening at Tokyo Dome.

Suzuki’s three-run home run in the third inning opened the scoring, and his RBI double in the fifth capped a two-run frame, with Souma Uchiyama adding a run-scoring single. Yomiuri’s only run came on an RBI single by Riku Masuda in the fourth.

Yasunobu Okugawa earned his first win of the season, allowing one earned run on seven hits with five strikeouts over six innings. Shosei Togo took the loss, yielding five earned runs on six hits in five innings. Yakult had six hits, Yomiuri had seven.

The Swallows improved to 19-13, while the Giants fell to 18-13. Attendance was 42,310, and the game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes.